What Private Parking Companies Don't Want You to Know

[@MoneyNerd]

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[@mohammadpanjshiri694]

I parked not the right way in retail parking Few days they charged me 60 pound now I got 100 pound and I don’t know what will be the next

[@Raj-ul9my]

Tell me if the court ordering in their favour of £100 parking fine which was the original amount? As you ignored other letters, what do you have to pay? They wont be no debt collection fees the court will award them…..and they could only claim the original amount which is contract law. The debt collection companies dont want it to go to court as then they wont get their fees from the so called debtor

[@carolynmurphy3697]

Yes it only cost £5 to speak to a legal person online but you also have to pay £50 a month. You cant just pay the £5 for a one off chat. So theyve got you there too

[@mrsp3992]

You can cancel within three days and you are not then required to pay the monthly membership. I didn't realise this and got stung for the £50. I "made representations" to them and got a refund.

[@GoTellTheSpartans24]

Ignore all threatening letters and they usually go away! I know from experience

[@davebayliss3142]

Never pay a private parking ticket

[@TheNadineNads]

I have been threatened with legal action though ......

[@tariqs2072]

Can it effect your credit score?

[@ozzy8286]

How does it work if a private parking company sends out a parking charge after 14 days but then also fails to make a decision on an appeal after 35 days?

[@carolynmurphy3697]

No a private parking company cannot get your details from the DVLA, they get it from your VC5 log book. I know this as I didn't update my new address on my logbook so tickets were being sent to my old address yet i had updated my new address with DVLA as my new address is on my driving licence. Its the address you put down when you purchased your car regardless what address DVLA have. Im a bus driver so I had to update my address with DVLA unaware any parking fines would be sent to my old address from not updating my VC5 . So watch out for this

[@paul_my_plumbs_uk]

😮😮Had the same thing except that smart parking had a tracing company track me to my new address and now have a debt company harassing me 😅😅😅

[@staceybairstow7100]

What was the out come I’m in the same position

[@gurunair841]

@@paul_my_plumbs_ukwhat was the outcome

[@tattoodrdoke]

I'm going through this now had one cancelled. The others are at different stages and the council have not sent me a list of all live PCN's so I can sort it out. One minor mistake is likely to cost me north of £600 now.